Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
Games:	2014 Winter
Venue:	Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date:	16 February
Competitors:	64
Nations:	16
Teams:	16
Gold:	Lars Nelson Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Dmitry Yaparov Alexander Bessmertnykh Alexander Legkov Maxim Vylegzhanin
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Robin Duvillard Ivan Perrillat Boiteux
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Win Value:	1:28:42.0
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 16 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.^[1]

In November 2017, Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin were disqualified for doping offences. As a result Russia lost the silver medal.^[2] ^[3] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.^[4]

Results

The race was started at 14:00.^[5]

Rank	Bib	Nation	Time	Deficit
	2		1:28:42.0 23:16.5 22:59.6 21:00.4 21:25.5
	3		1:29:09.3 23:43.8 23:13.6 20:33.4 21:38.5
	9		1:29:13.9 23:26.1 23:13.6 20:55.4 21:38.8
4	1	Eldar Rønning Chris Jespersen Martin Johnsrud Sundby Petter Northug	1:29:51.7 23:42.8 23:36.1 20:56.8 21:36.0	+1:09.7
5	4		1:30:04.7 23:41.5 23:16.3 21:00.4 22:06.5	+1:22.7
6	5		1:30:28.4 23:16.8 22:59.3 22:09.7 22:02.6	+1:46.4
7	6		1:30:33.8 23:38.0 23:34.0 21:49.1 21:32.7	+1:51.8
8	11		1:30:36.8 23:43.5 22:49.9 21:25.2 22:38.2	+1:54.8
9	7		1:31:18.8 23:53.3 23:18.5 21:32.9 22:34.1	+2:36.8
10	15		1:32:52.6 24:17.2 23:53.3 22:13.0 22:29.1	+4:10.6
11	10		1:33:15.1 24:34.3 23:56.8 21:37.4 23:06.6	+4:33.1
12	12		1:33:19.0 24:16.1 23:56.9 22:04.6 23:01.4	+4:37.0
13	13		1:34:11.9 23:50.1 24:28.7 22:44.2 23:08.9	+5:29.9
14	14		1:34:40.1 24:20.6 25:13.2 22:27.8 22:38.5	+5:58.1
15	16		1:35:46.5 24:04.1 24:35.5 22:42.9 24:24.0	+7:04.5
16	8		valign=top	LAP 25:17.8 24:54.3 23:31.2

Notes and References

Web site: Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results . . 11 January 2014 . 20 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320035515/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/cross-country-schedule-and-results . dead .
https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-two-russian-athletes-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings IOC sanctions two Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-russian-athletes-and-closes-one-case-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
Web site: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 1 February 2018.
Web site: Final Results . 2014-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222221143/http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/CC/3062/2014CC3062RL.pdf# . 2014-02-22 . dead .